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Texas Court Upholds Lease Cancellation for Failure to Pay Shut-In Payments To Proper Party

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Tyler 5/5/2010), the Tyler Court of Appeals upheld a trial court’s findings of fact and conclusions of law with respect to the termination of an oil and gas lease for failure to pay shut-in royalty payments to the proper party. Van Hovenberg (“Van Hovenberg”) conveyed by royalty deed to O.B. By Kevin Connolly: In Nitschke v.

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Louisiana Second Circuit Finds Holder of Mortgage Encumbering a Mineral Lease Solidarily Liable with Mineral Lessees for Damages Under the Louisiana Mineral Code

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As a condition of Wells Fargo releasing the mortgage, Tauren assigned a 10% interest in its shallow rights interest in the lease to Wells Fargo. Additionally, on November 9, 2009, Cubic assigned to Tauren an overriding royalty interest in the deep rights of its 49% interest in the lease. 2010-2011 (La.

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EPA and BSEE Team Up to Resolve Offshore Environmental Violations

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Recently, when there was talk about Houston-based ATP Oil and Gas’ (ATP) legal problems, it was inevitably about its bankruptcy and its effort to bring the overriding royalty interests it had conveyed back into the bankrupt estate as debt instruments. 110.4 & NPDES General Permit, Part I, Section C.3